Atheists ‘are smarter'

ATHEISTS are more intelligent than religious people, according to a study.

PUBLISHED: 00:00, Sat, Aug 17, 2013

Researchers say more intelligent children avoid church

Those with high IQs did not need the support of religion because they have better self-esteem and build more supportive relationships, a review of 63 studies on the subject by New York’s University of Rochester found.

Even in children, the more intelligent they are the more probable they would avoid church.

Religious beliefs are irrational, not anchored in science, not testable and, so, don’t appeal to intelligent people